The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe

Which detail from the poem best indicates how the narrator feels about the Raven when he first appears?

• Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly” (49)

• “Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling” (43)

• “Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door” (101)!

• “ Leave my loneliness unbroken” (100)!

Read the line from the poem and choose the definition of the CAPITALIZED word: “Leave no black PLUME as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken” (99)!

• angel

• feather

• drink

• dreary

The Raven tells the narrator his name is Nevermore. This is an example of-

• simile

• hyperbole

• personification

• alliteration

Why does the narrator become mad at the Raven toward the end of the poem?

• The Raven won’t move off of the statue.

• The Raven will only say “Nevermore.”

• The Raven’s answer means there is no hope for his future getting better.

• The Raven tells him Lenore is o.k.

What happened to Lenore?

• She broke up with the narrator

• She moved away

• She died

• She is missing

What happens when the author opens the door?

• the raven flies in

• Lenore appears

• his mother comes in

• he sees only darkness

In "The Raven", what happens when the author opens the door?

• the raven flies in

• Lenore appears

• his mother comes in

• he sees only darkness

Who has the speaker lost?

• Annabel Lee

• Lenore

• Leti

• his mom

The poet's name is Edgar Allen Poe

• True

• False

“And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting/ On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door” (103-4)

The author includes these lines mainly to help the reader understand that-

• The Raven has been there a short time.

• The Raven has become the narrator’s friend.

• The Raven is annoying.

• The Raven has become like a statue himself.